cross the river vs go home

cross the river

verb
  • Synonym of pass the river (to die) 

go home

verb
  • To die. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, home. To return to one's house. 

  • To be eliminated in a competition. 

How often have the words cross the river and go home occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )